'I used to ask men to take IQ test on first date – it caused one big problem'

Candice Kloss, the Mensa subordinate who went viral aft asking archetypal dates to capable successful an IQ test, has present ditched the method arsenic it "stopped" her from "finding existent love"

A exemplary who went viral for asking men to instrumentality an IQ trial connected their archetypal day says the method has prevented her uncovering true love.

Candice Kloss, a Mensa subordinate with an IQ of 136, says she regrets the determination to trial her dates arsenic it has "stopped" her from "finding existent love". The 24-year-old sparked backlash astatine the time, but defended her determination arsenic she wanted her different fractional to person the aforesaid encephalon powerfulness arsenic her, but it has not worked successful her favour.

Three years connected from announcing the day test, Candice is "ditching" the quality tests and has since shared her thoughts connected the "totally unreasonable" archetypal day request.

She said: "I deliberation it was wholly unreasonable for maine to inquire this of my dates and I truly regret it now. Since stopping the test, I’ve already met specified a wide assortment of people, and I’m nary longer truthful close-minded astir romanticist possibilities.

"I consciousness little unit and dating has really go much enjoyable now. I’ve travel to realise that sometimes radical mightiness not cognize overmuch astir concern oregon authorities but they cognize loads astir different topic. It's been truly surprising."

Candice, from New York, says she stopped doing the tests besides due to the fact that carrying the tests became a difficulty. She says she was "getting bushed of carrying the dense trial papers around", and is "still searching" for the close person.

Candice added: "I’m inactive searching but I deliberation portion of the crushed I haven’t met the close idiosyncratic yet is due to the fact that I tin beryllium a spot high-maintenance.

"A batch of the dates I’ve been connected aren’t alert of my IQ until a small spot aboriginal connected and this has helped with radical not being deterred by my brain. In the past, it has hindered my chances of uncovering love.

"For instance, I person corrected a fewer dates before, specified arsenic if they pronounced a connection wrong, and they didn’t look excessively pleased. I’m not trying to beryllium a know-it-all, it’s much successful a bid to assistance them, but it lone makes things awkward. Men similar to consciousness assured and arsenic if they person the precocious hand."

The OnlyFans model, who makes £47,000 a period from the site, is besides hoping to implicit a travel to each 50 states successful the United States by the extremity of the year. She says her travelling has made her realise she could beryllium the "dumbest" idiosyncratic successful different areas of the world.

She said: "All my friends are mode older, arsenic I don’t truly person thing successful communal with radical my age. I don’t recognize popular civilization references oregon the jokes they make, and I don’t truly person clip to ticker viral videos.

"My champion person is successful her 40s. I besides work a batch astir things similar marketing, biochemistry, existent property and concern – some for pleasance and to sharpen up my knowledge."

Candice says she is spending Valentine's Day alone, unless she tin find idiosyncratic "rich and well-travelled" earlier February 14. She added: "I person nary existent plans and volition astir apt bargain chocolates for myself.

"Who knows, though? If I tin find a feline who’s nerdy, has a consciousness of humour, is affluent and well-travelled, past I mightiness person a chance. For me, communal respect and honesty are the precedence implicit quality now. I deliberation it’s important to springiness everyone a chance, arsenic it’s the lone mode to find happiness."